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:pidemic of gastroenteritis, a common type of food poisoning, occurred at Bakerqouse last weekend. 45 students reported illness, seven of whom were treated3; the infirmary.

3Burton House President Dick Greenspan, '60, called the incident "unfortu-,ate", and stated that the case would be mentioned at the next house comit-

MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGYNEWSPAPER OF THE UNDERGRADUATES OF THE

Barely one hundred persons were in Kresge Auditorium this Wednesday afternoon to hear Dean of EngineeringGordon S. Brown speak on "The Impact of the Ford Grant on MIT".

In his talk, Dean Brown explained the philosophy of the grant, and what accomplishments were presently an-ticipated. He stressed that no specific developments had been fully approved by any faculty committee, and that whathe mentioned were only possibilities presently under discussion.

Brown began his talk by stating that an easily obtained job was not worth coming to MIT for, and would notmake much impact on society. He said that he envisioned careers for MIT students that would "keep (them) awake atnight," and that "maintenance men should not come to MIT." The type of engineer that should come from MIT, hesaid, was a "composer" who could creatively combine seemingly unrelated ideas; who could design a standard device,but see the possibility for a-totally new device for doing the same job.

"We Must Question Whether The Organization Is Adequate"Many curricula are too preoccupied in current techniques to educate such an engineer, according to Brown. He

felt that courses should be more deeply and broadly based in science, that there should be less "compartmentaliza-tion". and that it should be possible to cross from one field to another. He added that this sort of reasoning was brought

Tau Beta Pi Ass'n Elects 40 New MembersScholarship, Character Basis of Choice

2he Massachusetts Beta chapter of the Tau Beta Pi Association recentlymet and elected to membership 38 seniors and two honor juniors.

The purpose of Tau Beta Pi, the national engineering honorary, is to markin a fitting manner those men who have conferred honor upon their alma materby distinguished scholarship AND exemplary character. Distinguished scholar-ship, vwhile the primary requisite for admission, is not the sole criterion. Oncescholastic requirements have been fulfilled, selection is based upon integrity,breadth of interest. both inside and outside of engineering, adaptability andunselfish activity.

Befolre initiation, the newly elected men must familiarize themselves withthe Tau Beta Pi Association - its history, ideals, activities, and its members.In addition, they must prepare an original essay on some area of their field orsome topic of common concern.

Following the familiarization program the men vwill be initiated in a formalceremony and be treated to a dinner-dance with their dates or wvives.

Those elected were:Seniors: Albert C. Dierckes, Jr.

:ee meeting. Although Burton House

medical ReportReport on

Outbreak of Gastroenteritisat Baker House

December 3-6, 1959Late on Friday evening, Decem-

Der 4, a student from Baker House/as admitted to the Homberg In-.inary with symptoms of acute gas-!.oenteritis. Later that night another~,udent from Baker House came to therinfirmary with similar complaints ina mild form. He was given some!!,edicine and allowed to return to hisrfoni. The next day one student fromEist Campus was admitted to theInfirmalry with similar complaints and:;xo more students with mild symp-Snms were treated on an ambulatorybasis. On the third day, Saturday,December 5, one more student fromBaker was admitted to the Infirmaryand another from Baker treated on an]~nbulatory basis. All the cases weren:ild. Only one had a fever and this;:as 100 °. All who were admitted]'ere discharged within a day or two.This is an average weekend experi-

llce for the Infirmary and no particu-lar note was taken of it.

On Monday word was received thata considerably larger number of un-reported cases of gastroenteritis hadoccurred in Baker House and the ques-,ton of a food-borne epidemic wasraised. An immediate check was madeof the equipment and food-handlingperasonnel at Baker House. No fault inquipment or break in procedure wasfound. None of the food handlers ad-mitted to having been ill immediatelyprior to or during the epidemic.A questionnaire was distributed to

all who had upset stomachs over the[weekend to which there wvere 45 re-plies. 16 had been taken ill on Thurs-day, 25 on Friday and 4 on Saturday.In addition it turned out that the stu-dent from East Campus who was ad-mIlitted to the Infirmary had eaten bothlunch and dinner on Thursday, De-cemnber 3, at Baker House. The timeof onset of symptoms suggested thatif food wtere a factor it would have tohave been ingested on Thursday.

The clinical picture was not typicalof any of the three common forms offood poisoning - staphylococcus, sal-nionella or botulinus. It was morecharacteristic of the virus type ofacute gastroenteritis which is per-haps the most frequent type of mildoutbreaks in families or other smallgroups living together such as indormitories.

The last previous routine sanitaryinspection of Baker House dining fa-cilities on November 12th indicatedexcellent conditions of cleanliness. Itis perhnaps not generally recognizedthat all the MIT dining facilities aresubject to a much more rigorous san-itary supervision than any of the pub-lic eating places in Cambridge. Theseconsist of an unannounced monthlyinspection by a sanitary engineerwhich includes checking the tempera-ture of all ice boxes and dish washersand bacterial cultures of eating uten-sils, milk and cream etc. Since theinauguration of this system of san-ita7 inspection by Professor Horwvoodduring World War II there has notbeern a single epidemic traceable tofood-borne infections in the MIT din-ing facilities although during thisPeriod there have been a number ofsuch epidemics in the fraternity hous-es which are not subject to sanitarysuperision.

James M. Faulkner, M.D.Medical Director

is expected to begin a compulsorycommons system next year, the Bur-ton commons committee will not meetfor several months.

Residents "Disgusted"Baker House resident Michael Pad-

lipsky, '60, stated that the dormitory'sresidents were in general "disgusted"with the food situation, and that "noone was very surprised at the poison-ing incident." Although the medicalreport on the case stresses the carewith which Baker food is prepared,Padlipsky stated that it seems to be"stlretching coincidence when nearly50 people become ill simultaneously".He added that Baker residents "ex.-pect food to be bad at commons'meals."

it also was learned that a freshmanpatron of Walker Memorial's diningservices found a sizeable piece of glassin his ice tea. He suggested a "de-cent method of food inspection" befound.

PropitiationWednesday night, commons' dinner

offered a choice of sirloin steak orLobster Nevwburg.

LSC Loses $1800The Finance Board has decided not

to give the Lecture Series Committee$1800 it was scheduled to receive inthe 1959-1960 Activities Budget. DickMcDowell, '60, chairman of FinanceBoard, gave the reason for this actionas LSC's excellent financial position.He noted that LSC was operating at aprofit and had money in the bank, andcommented that "very few activitiesare as well balanced as LSC'. Hesaid that withdrawal of funds was arecognition of LSC's financial inde-pendence; however. he added that aletter had been sent to LSC offering areconsideration of Finance Board'sdecision.

When questioned, LSC chairmanMarv Berlin, '60, stated that he hadno comment, since the executive boardhad not yet met to consider FinanceBoard's action. According to LSC'sproposed budget, they anticipated ex-penses of $10,700 and ticket sales of$8,900 this year, with the Inscommgrant supplying the difference.

Biography Due For

Technique DirectoryAll Seniors who wish to be included

in the Senior Directory of the 1960Technique should return their com-pleted biography forms to the Tech-nique office, 318 Walker Memorial,either in person or via Institute mail,before Christmas vacation. 1Pnese bi-ography forms, used initially to com-pile the Senior Directory, are retainedpermanently in the files of the MITPublic Relations Department. In re-cent years, -various industrial firmshave purchased copies of Techniquefor use in contacting graduates re-garding employment. Seniors whohave not yet received biographyblanks may obtain them by sending acard to the Technique office.

Seniors who have not yet been pho-tographed for yearbook pictures maystill do so by contacting Harvard Stu-dio, the official yearbook photographer.Appointments will be accepted throughDecember 1 5. After this date, no pic-tures taken will be used-in the 1960Technique.

to the Ford Foundation's attention,and resulted in the grant.

The $9.5 million provided by theFoundation over a seven-year periodw-ould be used to endow new chairs andset up new courses in such interde-paltmental fields as Energy, Com-munication, Transportation, and En-vironmental Planning. Many presentcourses are expected to change theirpresentation to include more basicscience. A subject combining appliedmechanics and aerodynamics has beensuggested as well as a materials sub-ject based on thermodynamics, statis-tical mechanics, and kinetic theory.

Course X RevisionSome people in the Department of

Chemical Engineering have suggestedchanging the emphasis of the coursefrom a unit-operations concept to akinematical rate-process concept. Thismight involve establishment of a newCenter for Kinematical and Trans-port Processes.

In response to a question from theaudience, Brown elaborated on thefunction of an advanced research cen-ter, in connection with undergraduateeducation. He said that when a stu-dent can see the apparatus, listen tothe jargon, and especially come in asa lab assistant to work on experi-mental problems, he comes to realizethe relevance of certain particularlydifficult subjects he may meet as anundergraduate.

New Teaching MethodsBrown also discussed possible new

teaching techniques. These includedclosed-circuit TV and movies. A moviefilm would be available for use "anytime of the night or day". A possiblesubject for film presentation is com-puter programming, which he saidshould become as familiar to studentsas -using a slide rule.

Tutors Being ConsideredAnother innovation being consid-

ered is a tutorial system of instructionin some subjects. Brown feels that itshould not be too difficult to couple

the undergraduates with an "active

life of learning in research", and that

only scheduling and organization pre-sent problems. In connection w~iththis, there may be a re-evaluation ofthe purpose and definition of contacthours. $1.5 million has been set asidefor developing teaching aids and neweducational laboratories.

Changes to Come SlowlyAll these changes, if they material-

ize, will do so very slowly, said DeanBrown. He closed by saying that theprogram will initially "inject turmoilinto an already turbulent environ-ment", but that it will bring new peo-ple, new space, and will certainly re-quire a "new level of patience andunderstanding" on the part of thestudent body.

Dean Brown also commented thathe would very much like to meet withthe students at some later date, onceplans and programs have become moredefinite.

Barry R. BronfinGerald 5I. LittonJaime H. deSolaRobert At. HedgesGeorge KooGeorge A. Schnabel

COURSE XIII-ARobert J. BosnakMfyron V. RickettsWilliam D. Markle, Jr.Eugene Mf. AvalloneRalph G. DavisMozart P. deSouzaKeith 13. Schumnacher

COURSE XVC. Ralph Buncher

COURSE XVITheodore C. KraverThomas V. Brown

Course VI-A (Sth year)Ralph AlterAlan V. OlppenheimJuniors:Peter R. Gray VI-BDonald R. Hamann VI-B

"King David" on Sun.r"King David", Honegger's stirring

oratorio combining soloists, chorusand orchestra with the biblical narra-tive of David will be presented Sun-day afternoon in Kresge Auditoriumby the Bennington College Chorus andthe MIT Glee Club and Symphony Or-chestra. Klaus Liepmann, professor ofmusic, has asked Paul Boepple, whoconducted the world premiere 38 yearsago, to conduct Sunday's performance.

Robert Brooks, chairman of thePoets' Theatre in Cambridge, will bethe narrator. Robin Longanecker willsing the alto role. Other soloists in-clude Joyce McIntosh, soprano, andDonald Sullivan, tenor.

Tickets at $1.00 and $1.50 (all re-served) may be obtained from theKresge Auditorium ticket office, Ex-tension 2902. The performance willbegin at 3 P.M.

COURSE IIRaymond R. AmbrogiToseph A. Verderber

COURSE VIBryant K;. Vann, Jr.lienry D. ChadwickKenneth E. HagenJohn B. EdwardsM ark E. JensenSherman KarpRichard L. Greenspan

COURSE VI-APauli \. JamesonMichel MI. GoutmannPaul 'Tlomipson

COURSE VI-BJames F. JanakRobert E. LarsonCharles \W. Rook, Jr.S. James Allen, Jr.\Willian Larrabee IV

COURSE XCharles A. EckertNfalcolmn D. Fraser5Iarcellus C. Porter

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Robin Longanecker, recent graduate of theNew England Conservatory of Music, whowill sing the alto role in Honegger's "KingDavid", December 13, in Kresge Auditorium.

in G Major (from the Second Organ Mass)Francois Couperin

Three Pieces for OrganJohann Sebastian Bach

Toccata and Fague in D MinorPrelude and Fugue in A Major

Partita: Sei gegrusset, Jesu gutig

Tickets for the Series of three con-certs are available to the MIT Com-munity at the reduced price of $3.00through December 14. Subsequentlythe Series will cost $4.00, the pricebeing charged the general public. Sin-gle tickets for the Videro concert maybe purchased for $2.00 at the KresgeAuditorium ticket office, or call UN4-6900, Extension 2902.

Finn Videro, organist and composerat the Royal Conservatory in Copen-hagen, Denmark, will present the firstconcert in the MIT Organ Concertseries Tuesday evening, December 15,at 8:30, in Kresge Auditorium. Mr.Videro, who is currently on leave ofabsence to Yale University, hasplanned the following program:Three Pieces for Organ

Dietrich BuxtehudePrelude and Fugue in G MinorCanzona in C MajorCiaconna in E Minor

Partita: Meinen Jesun lass ich nichtJohann Gottfried Walthner

Offertoire sur les Grands Jeux

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people who use them. He fears that we will reach a stage where we do not knowcompletely what the machine is doing, where it is going, and how to direct it. Agood deal of discussion centered around a scientist's obligation to bring his dis.coveries - for example Dr. Wiener's cyberneties - to light, regardless of theirlconsequences.

Technology for Professor Mumford, who is visiting in the department ofarchitecture and city planning, is all right in its place, but he sees a "crust" oftechnology spreading into areas where it is neither necessary nor desirable. His,particular concern is with the problem of the cities and he maintained that,rather than build more freeways and arteries to accommodate more cars, the "bestway to move 100,000 people in a half-mile radius is to make them use their le-s "More generally, he believes that technology's evil is that by the twentieth centuryit has begun to feed on itself, that its purpose is no Ionge rooted in human goalsbut in technical ones, and that machines have become their own justification. He

finds this a situation of immense instability, and less of control. An unremitting.ly technological society is bound to be inhuman, he believes, because such a s-ciety lacks the equilibrium-restoring forces which make up the human organismAs to the validity of a continuing faith in technological progress, ProfessorMumford remarked that a profusion of bridges and aquaducts did not save heRoman Empire from stagnation and decline. He also pointed out that the gloryof fifth century Athens depended on the universality of each citizen and not onhis specialization.

Because Professor Lerner, who is with the Center for International Studies,was moderator it was difficult to obtain a coherent picture of his views. He didseem to be enthusiastic for the prospect of machines making human decisions,called today's irrational politics the real evil, and acknowledged that the Russianthreat intensifies but has not created the problem.

Professor Feld, then, was concerned with the scientist's responsibility andthe effect of technology on society as a whole, but not so much, apparently, withthe problems it may present for non-scientific individuals from a psychologicaland socialogical viewpoint. Professor Wiener wants to control technology forhuman ends and in this Professor Mumford would concur. But Professor Murn-

ford's remarks carried the hint of a larger concern which unfortunately was evLi_dent only by implication. For him technology is of human origin and subject tohuman control. But precisely because it is of human origin its inordinate expan-sion is symptomatic of a deeper trouble in society. For him the view that tech-nology is a wild and independent steed which must be tamed is only close to thepoint. The disproportionate growth of technology must mean a disharmony ia

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Everingham, Tech's Director of Drama, has turned out aperformance the sum of which is far greater than its parts.

Arthur (Buck) Rogers, '61, was excellent as Henry, apart which is as difficult in exposition as if is huge in size.Mr. Rogers had more lines than the rest of the cast com-bined, yet managed to keep audience interest through pageafter page of well modulated monologue, a feat which fewof our professional actors seem able to accomplish today.

Joan Tolentino, as the Marchioness Matilda, gave acompetent and highly believable performance as did Mich-ael Meeker (G), who was, the Baron Tito Belcredi rightdown to his suave and polished fingertips. The supportingplayers rounded out the performance quite adequately.

The technical aspects of this production were handledwith a sensitivity and awareness of mood far above collegeproduction level. David Paul's, '60, sets were very effec-tive and well deserved the applause they received, and thecostumes designed by Paul Brumby, '60, with lighting byEarl VanHorn, '61, took the audience from a moonlightscene in Eleventh Century Saxony to the hard light of anafternoon in Twentieth Century Italy.

Henry IV is a rarely performed play, and this fact cou-pled with the fine performance by our Dramashop shouldsend as many of you as possible hurrying off to buy ticketsfor the remaining performances. (Through Saturday,December 12.,)

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Wednesday's colloquium, "A Moratorium on Technolo-gy", -was not only provocative, it was rather disturbing. Onthe one hand it was encouraging that a critical discussionof the value of ever-advancing technology could take placeon, so to speak, its home grounds. On the other, it wasdisappointing that the lively difference of opinion whichemerged was inspired less by divergent views on'how toattack a problem which was mutually understood than byan undertone of disagreement about the dimensions of theproblem itself. Each panelist brought his own conceptionof the most dangerous aspect of modern technology and theaggregate of these, as a measure of the issue's magnitude,was most disturbing.

For Professor Feld, of the physics department, scientistsand technical people in general have a mandate, as politicaldecisions depend more and more on technological factors,to bring the facts to the attention of decision makers. Amoratorium, or judicious braking of technological advancein order to allow humanity's power of control to catch upis for him out of the question first because it is impossibleand second because technology per se has brought moregood than bad to mankind. His feeling is, I believe, thatthe things which make technology evil for some people arenot in essence technological, and that science and engineer-ing are comparatively innocent in the matter. He alsopointed out that scientists are not unaffected by the prob-lems created by their brainchildren and cited a potentialthree-way conflict of loyalties between a scientist's respon-sibility to his discipline, to his countty, and as a "citizen ofthe world".

Professor Wiener, a founder of one of the most awesomeareas of modern technology, cyberneties and the science oflogical machines, seemed very alert to the social conse-quences of his and others' work. He pointed out that ma-chines are now able to learn from experience and, in asense, to know more than was initially fed them. Becauseof this, the machines are no longer under man's completecontrol and when entrusted to make certain kinds of de-cisions will be false to the intentions of their programers.The machines are dangerous to the extent that theydevelop presuppositions which differ from those of the

"ALL IS NOT GOLD"

Seems like everybody had o crack at this pieceof homely philosophy, but the originator seemsto be Geoffrey Chaucer, in "The House ofFame", Book 1:

"Hyt is not all gold that glareth"

"COUNT 10..."IWas there any limit to the talents of Thomas

Jefferson? Statesman, scientist, architect-he alsoauthored this admonition:

"When angry, count ten before you speak;if very angry, a hundred."

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_The RemoldingAs Dean Brown stressed, the responsibility of spending

nearly ten million dollars is so large that it can barely haveits surface scratched in the course of a little over an hour.Yet Wednesday night the affable Dean, in whose handsthat responsibility rests, provided a meager undergraduateaudience with a wealth of information on the implicationsof the coming expenditures.

His desire for more specific elaboration in the un-precedented speech was undoubtedly hampered by the factthat specific planning is still in the embryonic stages. Manyproblems have yet to be solved, for the transmutation ofthe technical education to more science and less contem-porary problem-solving undoubtedly is still a very touchypoint to the faculties of courses such as mechanical andcivil engineering.

Those who listened carefully and who tried to paint amental image of the MIT of ten years hence could not helpbut see the significance of Dr. Brown's words: "We wantyou to be revolutionary, to jolt the complacency out of oursocial system." At the beginning, such basic disciplines asthermo dynamics and engineering mathematics will be or-ganized so they are applicable to engineers in any course.In the end, course structures such as we now know themmay be demolished and new areas of study set up. TheMIT engineer will be no less than the composer of the vasttechnical advancements that lie ahead. "He wilt be on thefrontier rather than be in the caboose." But the abstrac-tion of scientific disciplines will be tempered and com-plemented by the physical contact in laboratories, well pro-vided for in the Ford Foundation cash.

All of these mean change; what some might term drasticchange. A new MIT will be built almost before the under-classmen's eyes.

One of the most heartening aspects of the new programis the research that is to be done in the study of both teach-ing and learning. Here is an area that is yet virgin- soil andone that may well provide for the most basic advance of all.A few years back Dr. Edwin Land, of the Polaroid Corpora-tion, gave a lecture advocating a "generation of greatness"which would result from a totally new concept of theAmerican University with radically changed methods ofcommunicating knowledge and thought processes to itsstudents. MIT now is in a position to put to good use

many of his ideas.It is, in a way, too bad that Dean Brown speaks so calm-

ly, for he is undoubtedly afire with enthusiasm for theeducational structure which he will lead in building. Yethis flowing speech belies, to the attentive listener, much ofthe flame of creation which he holds. One cannot help butsense after listening only for a few minutes, that the man

who is talking is speaking of a thing which he is living;and that as MIT changes and moves forward, the advanceis led by a man of stature and competence.

"The Solution to This Problem

Is Left as an Exercise . . . "It was a deplorable situation. A little story we have

heard may sum it up. "One day a faculty member, who wasin charge of a course, decided to visit with students in aclassroom situation. He walked to the first room where aclass was in session, entered, tapped a student in the backrow on the shoulder and asked him 'Why are you study-ing this?' The student, giving a cursory glance over hisshoulder, replied 'Shut up, we're working a problem.'"

Evidently less than three percent of the MIT under-graduates care. Kresge, with a capacity of only about one-third of the student body, was indeed a bleak shell forDean Brown's speech. Standing outside on that chillWednesday evening, one could see crowds of students,books in arms, heading for the warmth and seclusion oftheir dormitory and fraternity house rooms; occasionally

one would break from the group and come up the steps toKresge. Most went home to work problems; only a fewwere interested in devoting an hour or so of their time tohear of the great changes which will, in so short a time,revamp their education.

Last year ten percent were interested enough to attendDr. Stratton's talk to the undergraduates. It is beginningto look as if he attracted a respectable turnout. But then

what could be more important than solving that problem?

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Henry IVLuigi Pirandello's massive Henry IV was opened at

MIT's Little Theatre this Wednesday night and the unfor-tunately small audience was treated to one of the finestdramatic productions ever to appear at Tech.

The play, one of the most difficult to produce both froman acting and technical viewpoint, is one of the Twentieth

Century's psychological masterpieces, and it must have takena great deal of courage to have chosen it. This reviewer

was, in fact, a bit sceptical as to the possible quality of itsperformance by a college group but once again Joseph D.

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Cosmic Rays Studied in BoliviaExactly 4°00 miles due south of Boston, at a high, isolated field site, MIT

scientists are gathering information on cosmic rays.The site is 15 miles out of La Paz, Bolivia, and 2,000 feet above the lofty

(12,000 feet altitude) city in west-central South America. It is one of a fewplaces in the world vwhere high-energy cosmic rays are recorded and studied.

For the past several years, MIT's Laboratowr for Nuclear Science has beenconducting research on the origin of cosmic rays, Part of the program is aproject which involves recording the electronic impulses made in the atmos-phere by certain high-energy cosmic rays that are thought to travel an erraticpath over millions of light years of our galaxy before reaching the earth. Themeans of -measuring these particles is known as the "Air Shower Experiment."

Grant From National Science FoundationThe MIT group, headed by Dr. Bruno Rossi, will continue research in this

field for the next three years, aided by a recent grant of $176,000 from theNational Science Foundation.

The earth is constantly bombarded LVO $ .L~by cosmic ray particles. Every sec-ond, billions of billions of these par- tticles plunge into our atmosphere. Thevast majority are protons (hydrogennuclei) having energies of a few bil- lion electron volts, or about as muchas the most powerful man-made"atom smashers" can produce. Forsome unexplained reason, a smallfraction of the rays produced some- s awhere in outer space achieve energy ,that is a billion times greater thanaverage. Studies of these lecorded ~: : ..particles may furnish a key to the ':;::and unsolved puzzle of cosmic radiation. L ' : ~This will open new areas of knowl -edge in astronomy and nuclear phys- Latest additions to MIT staff: Mrs. Sylvarioics. It may even furnish man a new Mammani and papoose.concept of the size and shape of thegalaxy in which our solar system occupies a tiny volume.

Counters UsedThe method involves placing a number of "catching tubs" over an area in

a specific pattern. -At the La Paz site, 11 "tubs" are used in star-like formationon 200,000 square meters of land. Each tub contains a plastic scintillation coun-ter shaped like a small millstone, about four inches thick and a yard in diameterto sample the electrons and other charged particles produced high in the air bythe high energy cosmic ray. In the center of the counter is a hole containing aphotomultiplier tube. When a charged particle passes through the plastic, itcauses a little splash of light which is counted electronically. The intensitiesof the light-splashes are later determined and punched on cards and the cardsare returned to MIT where data is analyzed on the IBM 704 computer in theMIT Computation Center.

Grad Student on ProjectDan Scott, a 29-year-old Texan expects to receive his Ph.D. degree in

physics next June, following two years as a research assistant in the Labora-tory for Nuclear Science working on the cosmic ray project. His specialty ispreparing programs for computer analysis of the air shower data. Scott workswith Professors Bruno Rossi, George Clark and Stan Olbert.

"The experiments at La Paz and other field sites are unapplied research,"Scott explained. "We are obtaining information without knowing in advancewhat we are going to do with it. We expect to increase our knowledge of thegalaxy (Milky Way), and certainly should obtain a better idea of the origin ofcosmic radiation and of the nature of extremely high energy nuclear reactors.But there is no hint that we will find a specific use for cosmic rays, such as anew source of power, an advanced type of propulsion, or a better method ofcommunication."

Results Processed at Tech"Most of the work is carried out efficiently in La Paz under Hersil," Scott

said. "The girls read the recorded films right in the laboratory. They havebeen trained to read oscilloscopes, and are able to catch many errors on thespot. They punch cards as they read the film, and then the cards are air-mailedto MIT where the data is analyzed by the IBM 704 computer. Processing thecounting of the high energy cosmic ray showers by hand would take a few daysfor each shower, and we get more than a dozen in an average day. At the MITComputation Center, it takes less than one minute to process the informationobtained from eight showers."

Watchman Entered ProjectEven an Indian watchman at the site became interested in cosmic ray studies,

Scott said. "Although he has no formal education, our watchman, SylvarioMammani, actually learned to read the fast oscilloscope at the project. We dis-covered on a number of mornings that their positions had been shifted andeventually found that he had learned the normal wave forms and counting rates,in order to avoid unnecessary two-mile trips to telephone the project supervisorwhen something appeared wrong."

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TMRC Open House SaturdavIt's full steam ahead for the Tech

Model Railroad Club this Satulrday-when the clubroon-s will be opened to Iall members of the MIT Community.TMRC's Open House, scheduled for2:00 to 5:00 on Saturday afternoon and 7:00 to 10:30 Saturiday night, is oan annual affair held every December.

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Pros and Cors Shown In LettersIn response to a recent article in The Tech concerning tackle football, the

Sports Department has received several letters. Due to limited space, the staffis unable to publish all the letters received, but we feel that the following arequite representative of both sides of the question.

November 20, 1959The TechSports EditorMITDear Sir,

I would like to speak in favor of organized intramural tackle football atMIT. It is, I feel, more fun, more exciting, a better game than the presenttouch game, and with the proper protecting equipment will actually reduce thenumber of injuries. Such a program can be run concurrently with touch foot-ball; it can be quite successful, spirited and stimulating with proper manage-ment, officiating and wholesome attitude on the part of all concerned.

I do realize, however, that serious thought and planning must be devoteebefore the initiation of any such program.

Sincerely yours,George P. KooEast Campus

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The TechSports EditorMITDear Abe,

Having read your article in the Tuesday, November 24, issue of The TechkI must say I am inclined to agree with your reasons for not being in favor ofvhaving an intramural tackle football team here at MIT.

The solution in my opinion is quite simple. For those students desirous ofplaying tackle football on an intramural level, we could initiate a game thatcosts "nothing" and which is really somewhat safer than the proposed game ofitackle. Rugby fits the bill quite well. There is present the element of bodyXcontact along with the desirable feature of little cost. In addition, Rugby is{not any more "dangerous" than tackle football. True, it may seem rougher'because no equipment is used, but the fact is that very few people get hurt by it The reason for this is probably due to the fact that there is no blocking in tne!game.

So far as enjoyment of the game is concerned, I am quite confident thatimost of the ruggers who have played football also will agree that Rugby isthe better sport.

Sincerely youlrs, :Donald Aucamp

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Engineers To Have Big Weekend;Seven Varsity Teams In Action

This weekend will see fourteen athletic events for Tech's varsity andfreshman teams. Heading the list is a varsity basketball game with Harvard inRockwell Cage at 8:15 P.M., on Saturday. Both teams have lost their first game,Tech to Trinity and Harvard to Wesleyan. Earlier that evening, at 6:15 P.M.,both teams' freshman squads will take the floor.

Squashmen to Play Army, NavyA big weekend is ahead for the squash team. Both Navy and Army are on

their calendar. Friday at 2:00 P.M. the Beaver squad will take on Navy, hereat Tech at the DuPont Courts. Saturday both the freshman and varsity teamswill travel to West Point where they will meet Army at 2:00 P.M. Both matchesshould be close ones.

Swimming Meet HereThe varsity swimming team will meet Bowdoin here at the Alumni Pool on

Saturday at 2:00 P.M. The frosh aquamen will travel to Army, along with thesquash team, where they wvill have an encounter at 2 P.M.

A double meet with Boston College will see both the freshman and varsitythinclads encircling the track in Rockwell at 1:00 P.M. Saturday.

The frosh stickmen will meet the Browne Nichols hockey team here in anight encounter, Saturday at seven.

Wrestlers at WesleyanTraveling to Wesleyan on Friday will be the varsity wrestlers, where they

will meet the Cardinals at 3:30 P.M. The yearling matmen will also make thetrip to Middletown, meeting the Wesleyan team at 2:00 P.M.

The Weightlifters will meet the RPI musslemen at Troy on Saturdayafternoon at two.

Rounding out the competition for the weekend will be the MIT riffle teamwhich shoots against Norwich and Harvard in a triangular meet at Norwich,Saturday morning at ten.

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PiLamcbdaPhi Ranked as Favorite Beaver- Crimson Basketball Game;

Senior House Rat s Up 104Points Old Rivalry Renewed Sat. EveningBy C. H. Kaiz

Pi Lambda Phi heads the list ofwould be finalists as the IntramuralBasketball season draws to a close.The Pi Lams boasting a spotless rec-old will carry the League I bannerinto the playoffs.

Grad House A seems to be the topsquad in League II. The Grads, alsoundefeated, have a balanced attackand rate as a strong contender forthe crown.

The championships of Leagues IIIand IV have already been decided withLambda Chi Alpha and Phi KappaSigma holding the honors.

Other leading contenders for theIntlramural championships are SigmaChi, Baker House, and Alpha EpsilonPi. All three of these teams have yetto taste defeat. However, Baker andAEPI are in the same League andmeet each other in the near future.

Sixteen teams will comnpete in thefinals. These will consist of the topt'wo squads in each of the eightLeagues. A drawing will be held inthe near future to determine playoffpositions.

Varsity SimmersRout Tufts 63-19In Season's Opener

The opening swimming meet againstTufts was highlighted by many sub-stitutions which were made to deter-mine the depth and versatility of theteam. The results were quite surpris-ing.

Topping the surprises was the per-formance turned in by Roger Cooke,'62, in the butterfly. Cooke, normallya top freestyler, swam as an unofficialthird man. Meanwhile Tony Silvestri,'61, the usual butterfly swimmer,switched from butterfly to turn in agood time in the 440 yd. freestyle.

To add to the confusion, BurnellWest, '60, the team's leading man inthe breaststroke, swam as a freestylerand posted a time of :57.1. However,not everyone managed to change. DaveStein, testing his strength, turned inhis best time in the 200-yard free.

imuters Tomorrow evening at 8:15 the Beaver cagers wvil run up against thejuad that Harvard quintet in their opening home appearance of the season. The actionweek bywee aayl will take place in Rockwell Cage which has been fitted with a new basketball

be an all-recod n floor for use during the 1959-60 season. Also, for the spectator's pleasure, thererecord in are new seating arrangements.). Spear- The team opened their season with a loss to Trinity last Saturday. Al-,~of Tom though set back by the 79-58 blasting, they have been carefully coached by

ioints, theit' th~ Jack Barry and have tightened up their defense, while speeding up their offense.its fourththe sea As an added check of the squads preparedness, they met Nolrtheastern Wednes-'the sea-

day evening.khorse inThe MIT-Harvard game is one of strong tradition between two long time

had de rivals. In the past the gamne has alvays been met with enthusiastic support.had de-.1the score Last year the two teams played rather late in the season and the Crimson tri-L9-16, and umphed 72-56 over the faltering Maroon and Grey, who finished the schedule

ruesday'sFuesday's vwith a dismal 3-13 record.itched in This year the game is being held early in the season, against a Harvardand this team that bears little resemblance to their predecessors. They succeeded inthe rout. dropping their first game to Wesleyan and it appears that they have not as yet

attained their usual coordination and speed.

IS MIT, on the other hand, has a new coach who has been leading the teamVon Lost through its paces and really giving the squad a work out. One of the biggest

problems the coach faces is the fact that there is only one returning letterman,3 0 Captain Hugh Morrow, 'G0, who is tulrning in an excellent performance.3 I~3 1 The Beavers have many exciting prospects including John Crissman, '61,1 2 Ted Hallee, '60, Al Gaston, '61, and several sophomores, all of whom will1 2 probably see action against Harvard.0 3 All in all the MIlT-Harvard game will certainly be action packed, and

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In previous games theyfeated Phi Delta Theta by tof 39-23, Burton House "C" 4Delta Tau Delta, 54-17. In Tgame, however, four men pwith at least ten points each,plus top rebounding produced

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pledge wreek this week. Smartly uni-formed candidates can be seen aroundthe campus each day carrying whitewooden rifles on the shoulders. Drillsare held each day. The names ofthose accepted will be announcedsometime today.

Negotiations have been made bythe Pershing Rifles to bring Sabicas,the famous flamenco guitarist to MITsometime in January next year. It isexpected that arrangements will befinalised sonmetime in the near future.

On January 10th, twenty four mem-bers of P.R. will give a drill exhibi-tion in honour of the Jewish warveterans.

Band Concert TonightThe MIT Concert Band will present

its annual fall concert this eveningat 8:30 in Kresge Auditorium, JohnCorley conducting. The program isfree and open to the public.

The program, consisting entirely oforiginal wvorks for band, will openwith Percy Aldridge Grainger's "Ladsof Wramphray," followed by the Bos-ton premiere of "Vermont Overture,"by Jack Sirulnikoff of BenningtonCollege, Vermont and Gustav Holst's"Hammersmith." "Jericho," by Mor-ton will precede intermission.

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SOPHOMORES

Attffention Class of '62, Victors ofField Day '59, Hackers of MIT -Become AWARE. Like a Sour Hourfor Sophomores at Sammy House,222 Babcock St., Saturday, Decem-ber 12 - 4:30. This event to precedeHarvard-MIT basketball rout.

worth having are worth working for. For example: If youfootball letter, find a football player and ask him to write

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Dear aDr. Frood: I go steady with twogirls-one in the dorm, one in the Thetahouse. Traveling between the two placesis making a wreck of me. What to do?

Tired

Dear Tired: Get your girl to get yourgirl into her sorority.

Dear Dr. Frood: I'm flunking every-thing but math. I get D in that. Help me.

(Name withheld by request)

Dr. Frood, Ph.T.T. Dearmath.

Dear Dr. Frood: I am a 35-year-oldfreshman. Should I wear a beanie?

Worried

Dear Worried: If I were a 35-year-oldfreshman, I'd wear a mask.

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DR. FROOD AND THEAMAZING NEW FILTER

I had occasion recently tostudy the remarkable "nosmoke" filter made of solidlead. No matter how hardyou puff, you get no smoke.

ncidentally, a pack of thesecigarettes weighs 2 pounds.Luckies weigh less . . . andyou get smoke. The best.

Deasr Dr. Frood: I have a ravishinglybeautiful girl in my class. Sadly, she iswitless. Should I flunk her?

Bookish

Dear Bookish: Pass her. Other profes-sors are waiting.Dear Dr. Frood: Nobody likes me. Girls

despise me. Men can't stand me. Profsdetest me. Dogs snap at my cuffs. Whatshould I do? Hated

Dear Hated: Don't ask me. I don't likeyou, either.

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RIDE WANTED: Christmas ride wanted toBaton Rouge or New Orleans {or two peo-ple. Will share driving and expenses. Leaveas early as Wednesday night. ConteactLarry Piftts at Extension 3203.

Dear Dr. Frood: I'm a non-conformist.But I smoke what everybody else smokes-Lucky Strike. How can I be differentand still smoke Luckies?

I. M. Odd

Dear Mr. Odd: Light both ends of theLucky and insert a straw into the middle.Sip the smoke through the straw and say;wildsville" after each puff.

FRIDAY, DECEMBER il, 1959

TCA Established InNew Jffices, PlansSkeptics SeminarsThe Technology Community Asso-

ciation, which began its move to itsnew offices over Thanksgiving, wascompletely established there thisweek. The new offices in TylerLounge in the entrance to WalkerMemorial offer more space, whichTCA hopes will allow better services.

In particular, TCA reports that itsmimeographing service has seen greatexpansion, while its other services-book exchange, social services, publi-cations, theatre reservations, etc.,have continued in wide use.

Skeptics Seminars PlannedThe Skeptics' Seminar series of

forums has been announced by TCAfor the next few weeks. ProfessorBator of the Economics Departmentwill speak on "How Much NationalDefense Can We Afford". Later, Pro-fessor Bloomfield of the Political Sci-ence Department will speak on "ThePolitics of Outer Space."

TCA has also reported the resultsof the Charities drive, which formallyclosed several weeks ago. $1900 wascollected, which was below T.CA's goal.However, some additional funds arestill being received.

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COLLEGE STUDENTS SMOKEMORE LUCKIES THAN

ANY OTHER REGULARIWhen it comes to choosing their regular smoke,college students head right for fine tobacco.Result: Lucky Strike tops every other regular isold. Lucky's taste beats all the rest becauseL.S./M.F.T.-Lucky Strike means fine tobacco:

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TOBACCO AND TASTE TOO FiNE TO FILTER!